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Available now: SDa-report ‘Usage of antibiotics in agricultural livestock in the Netherlands in 2022’
It is with great pleasure that the Netherlands Veterinary Medicines Institute (SDa) presents its report Usage of Antibiotics in Agricultural Livestock in the Netherlands in 2022. In this publication, the SDa expert panel reports on the amounts of antibiotics used in the Dutch goat, turkey, veal, broiler, layer, rabbit, cattle and pig farming sectors in 2022.
In 2022, overall antibiotic use in the rabbit, pig and broiler farming sectors continued to decline, by 32.4%, 23.8% and 7.6%, respectively. Overall antibiotic use in the cattle farming sector has been low and stable since 2014. In the turkey and veal farming sectors, however, overall antibiotic use rose by 4.0% and 5.6%, respectively, in 2022. In 2022, the overall amount of antibiotics sold within the Dutch livestock sector declined by 22.9%, amounting to a 77.4% reduction from the government-specified reference year of 2009.
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The report and cover letter have been combined in a single document, with the letter by the SDa board preceding the actual SDa report Usage of Antibiotics in Agricultural Livestock in the Netherlands in 2023. As usual, the appendix to the report is available online.